Australia's Asia : from yellow peril to Asian century
2012
Book
To imagine that we confront Asia for the first time in the twenty-first century is to deny our history and the self-awareness that comes from understanding that we have been here before. Asia appears throughout modern Australian history as a source of anxiety or hope.
Main title:
Australia's Asia : from yellow peril to Asian century / edited by David Walker and Agnieszka Sobocinska.
Imprint:
Crawley, W.A. : UWA Publishing, c2012.
Collation:
376 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Shelving notes:
26863 0000215364 1 18-02-2013 99 nevhar 18-02-2013 7
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: The big three -- Contaminated by China / Greg Watters -- Entangled: Deakin in India / Ipsita Sengupta -- Rising suns / David Walker -- Racial identities -- Imagining the golden race / Kane Collins -- Crossing oceans and cultures / Kate Bagnall -- Glamorising racial modernity / Shirley Jennifer Lim -- Love and hate in the region -- Hearts of darkness, hearts of gold / Agnieszka Sobocinska -- Loving guests in Bali / Nyoman Darma Putra -- Chinese puzzles -- In the same bed dreaming differently / Mark Finnane -- Getting excited about China / Chengxin Pan -- Absent Asia -- Absenting Asia / Greg Lockhart -- Donald Home finds Asia / Mads Clausen -- Teaching history in the `Asian century' / Sally Percival Wood.
ISBN:
9781742583495
Dewey class:
305.895094305.895
LC class:
DU122.A73
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
218052
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Society | SOCIETY 305.895 AUST | Available |